![]() But that didn't seem appropriate to what I was doing here. ![]() As you know, in most SF about unknown planets, the author is forced to invent wonders and then to name them. Wolfe: I should clarify the fact that all the words I use in The Book of the New Sun are real (except for a couple of typographical errors). Could you talk about why you chose to use mainly "real" words rather than inventing your own? I'm sure a lot of readers had the same mistaken impression I did that you were making up these wondrous, bizarre words-especially since the use of neologisms is so common in SF. LM: That kind of suggestive use for archaic or unfamiliar words is evident throughout the tetralogy. ![]() In an interview with Gene Wolfe, the interviewer asks why he dislikes inventing his own words. ![]()
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